1-3 is group work the rest is mine
1. In The Hero there are 10 syllables in each line but the poet hasnt concentrated on keeping the same number the whole way through as there are 11 in some. however in Spring in War Time there are 7 syllables in each line apart from the last, which has 3. this gives a clear ending to the poem as if it was read out to you, you would know where it finished.
2. The Hero uses rhyming couplets apaert from the middle which uses alternate rhyming. This gives a very clear middle section to the poem. Spring inWar Time uses alternate rhyming all the way through.
3. The Hero has many enjambements and creates a feeling as if the poem is being spoken aloud. Spring in War Time doesn't focus on technicallity that much and looks and sounds and you would expect a poem to.
4.The Hero is about a greving mother being told for the first time that her son is dead. she is told he died a hero when really he was a coward and was selfish as well. Spring in War Time is similar to this as it is also about a dead soldier but this time by a greving wife/fiancee/sweetheart. she hasnt been told any lies, or so it seems in the poem, and she is telling the world that nothing will be the same without her man.
5.Nesbit has published her poem to immortalise her dead love and as a tribute to him. Sassoon, however, has published his to show the public that what they are told might not be the truth and that 'brave' men aren't always brave in the light of battle.
6.The Hero is written in 3 stanzas, each 6 lines ong. Spring in War Time is also written in stanzas, this time 4, each 4 lines long. they both give a sense of regularity and this makes it comforting to the reader, to have something familiar in front of them.
1-3:Abi, Kate, Laurie and Alexia
4-6: Alexia
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7. In the Hero the mood is the same throughout - sad and grieving, it's not so emotional though as it's written by an onlooker not someone who's actually suffered the grief themselves.
ReplyDeleteSpring in War-Time is written from the point of view of someone who's actually suffered so it's more her (reasonable) self- pity and sadness. However the mood isn't actually quite so sad as it's lightened by the talk of nature and the rhythem and rhyme
8. In The Hero the writer waits untill the last stanza untill revealing to the reader how Jack actually died.
In Spring in War-Time the writer uses the first two lines of each (four line) stanza to talk cheerfully of nature , then in the last two lines she then personally relates the nature to her and her loved one. These lines are sad but when read they are not as sad as they should be, somehow they sound quite matter-of-fact and they're lifted by the rhyme and rhythem.
The above comment (7&8) was by Kate! :)
ReplyDeleteI would also like to comment on how Alexia describes Jack as 'a coward and selfish' I was quite shocked, I think it's quite harsh! Maybe she should read 'The Deserter', maybe this will cause her to re-think especially line 6.
(peace!)
Kate :)
I would also like to say that I think Alexia was a bit quick to judge. (no offense!) (:
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